memory management

[Juan Declet-Barreto]

Hi,

Can anyone provide links or basic info on memory management, variable dereferencing, or the like? I have a script that traverses a file structure using os.walk and adds directory names to a list. It works for a small number of directories, but when I set it loose on a directory with thousands of dirs/subdirs, it crashes the DOS session and also the Python shell (when I run it from the shell).  This makes it difficult to figure out if the allocated memory or heap space for the DOS/shell session have overflown, or why it is crashing.

Juan Declet-Barreto [cid:image001.png at 01CC9D4A.CB6B9D70]
GIS Specialist, Information Technology Dept.
City of Mesa
Office: 480.644.4751
juan.declet-barreto at mesaaz.gov<mailto:juan.declet-barreto at mesaaz.gov>

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